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"The previous time the Dolphins braved a trip to Heinz Field, Dec. 8, 2013, it was 25 degrees and snowy with a wind chill of 16. Ryan Tannehill threw three touchdown passes, Miami rushed for 181 and the Dolphins upset the Steelers, 34-28, to help keep them out of the playoffs."

It's a long shot for the Dolphins no question. But if Tomlin flubs this game... and it has all the trimmings of a Tomlin flub... then there will be serious talk of his replacement, despite the outpouring of family-atmosphere love and affection from the Steelers players he coaches.

Should he deliver a convincing win a lot of that talk will go away forever, if coupled with a solid win against Kansas City on the road should it come to that. Reason? Tomlin must receive a lot of credit for pulling the team back from the brink after the four-game losing streak. Just about every other coach in the league would have lost a team after that, especially after the devesrating loss to the Cowboys.

"First time Big Ben, Bell, and Brown have played together in a playoff game. I'd be shocked to see Miami and Moore hang with that triplet."

You know I met Chris Carter by happenstance once at the Fort Lauderdale Airport back in like 2008, very early morning flight. All he talked about was football. He told me the reason why defense wins championships is that these high-powered offenses sometimes just don't show up. It's easier to destroy than create I guess. I think that's why so many people are nervous about these steelers teams nowadays.

That rookie for the Raiders is way out of his depth, but across the line, this team isn't even a shadow of what it was three weeks ago. The good guys who are left standing are looking for a participation ribbon, not the ball.

Miss Carnivorous wrote:Argghhh...! I have refused to watch my Oakland team for fear I would curse them.Didn't help. When I saw Cook (the third-string emergency/starting) QB claim ''the game plan has plays I haven't even run in practice'' I knew they were in deep doo-doo.patrick kelly wrote:As a Raiders fan at this point I would consider a loss a mercy killing we're just not in very good shape today.

Unless the Patriots get possessed by Pixies or something they are going to slaughter whoever plays them next week

Even with all their starters the Raiders would have a tough go of itNo offense, and they didn't have any either, that's what it was. An early TD, then nothing until the start of the 4th. Then all the Texans had to do was kill clock.Mostly bad field position, mostly 3 and outs, their season ended when Carr broke his leg.Halftime for the Lions, they're passing ok, but no running game. OTOH, the Seahawks are running, but don't have much of a passing game. 10-3 and not over yet.The Lions are lucky to even be in the playoffs at all, maybe they can make the best of it.

This Saturday's games are such a snooze. I feel bad for the Raiders as they never had a chance sans Carr & even McGloin going on the road against a tough D. Now we have Detroit trying to win against Seattle on the road. Although a shit call deciding the game going against Seattle would be karma. The games tomorrow appear more interesting, especially GB and NYG. The Giants D coming alive and a late season push could be part 3 of a trilogy, though I don't their rush is what it was in those years. I'm praying for it if only to see a good D wind up opposed to me who will most likely be there. FYI I'm a Browns fan, so yet again my horse is in a galaxy far far away from this race.

WaterBoy wrote:Lions wasted the best years of Sanders, did the same with Megatron. They simply don't have the talent to win this time either.

We'll wait for the next time a decade or so from now, yet again.

Management is just happy to fill seats year after year. They have no desire or plan to win championships. Its like the Maple Leafs in the NHL. All you have to do is LOOK LIKE YOU CARE, even though you don't.

Lazarus wrote:YIH wrote:Have you ever seen him at a trade show or M$ product announcement?Lunatic that doesn't shut up, that's Paul Allen. Didn't see the ad but I'm guessing the Barbie doll's reaction resembled Trump when he was at that rally with Sarah Palin - at five minutes he was clearly uncomfortable and wishing that lunatic would just shut up.Seattle's put together a semblance of a passing game, and well, bye-bye Lions. They're burning time outs in a desperate (and futile) attempt to stop the Seahawks from killing clock.I too am looking forward to tomorrow, these were not the best the NFL playoffs had to offer.

This was always their MO, since I was a wee lad, but this year it actually worked a couple of times. It's why they always pay for the best kickers. I remember my family joking about this two decades ago when Jason Hansen was putting away low-scoring snorefests at the last minute.

Stafford's "busted hand" wasn't an issue during most of the regular season, was it? They were playing from behind most of the season, and that was entirely due to the defense. They should not have let Suh go....

This was entirely predictable, as I did so several weeks ago...they lost to Dallas, then to Green Bay.

They were only in the playoffs because Washington lost in their season finale. And they lost this wild card game. Defense wins championships.